JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Jay Nixon today signed into law several bills, and vetoed Senate Bill 29.

The Governor signed:

House Bill 307, which, among other provisions, sets forth the conditions necessary for a city to remove a non-elected police chief.

Senate Bill 47, which is designed to help more neglected and abused children move out of foster care by allowing specified relatives and close non-related guardians to receive the same adoption subsidies offered to adoptive parents.

Senate Bill 159, which limits co-pays for prescribed physical therapy treatment to not more than what is charged for a visit to a primary care physician.

Senate Bill 229, which clarifies the criminal offenses that disqualify a person from working at the Department of Mental Health.

Senate Bill 257, which clarifies and streamlines the process of establishing a Port Improvement District (PID) and eliminates a provision prohibiting the establishment of such districts in Clay County.

Page 2 of 2 - Senate Bill 29, which would have imposed an additional and unnecessary process on public employees for the purposes of hindering their Constitutionally-guaranteed right to organize and bargain collectively.